Biography:Making his debut in the 2003-04 season as host of the Emmy Award-winning series, This Old House, and the Emmy-nominated series, Ask This Old House, Kevin O'Connor is the newest member of America's favorite home improvement team.
With a long to-do list, Kevin, a lifelong fan of This Old House, turned to the experts to help with their renovation projects. He and Kathleen sent an e-mail to Ask this Old House for help. To their surprise and delight, Tom Silva and painting contractor Jim Clark came calling, resulting in a segment of Ask This Old House. No one, at that point, realized that this was Kevin's first screen test.
What started as a House call turned into a casting call. Many disguised calls and veiled visits later, Kevin met with the executive producer of This Old House, Russell Morash. The rest is history.
Excerpt from This Old House